As expected, almost everybody has gone 4-0 in picks over the last two weeks (not so fast, there, Tommy Trojan and number 9). It's worth noting that the average score differential in the four games has been 35 points, making it harder than hell to make accurate pointspreads. Nonetheless, bringtheheat has been best in that, off by only a total of 34 points in his pointspreads, about 8.5 points per game.

We started off with 20 contestants but are now down to only 13 serious contenders. Playing time, SCJ 60, redbull, noseguard, Bick and Kingspeed have all evidently dropped out, apparently embarrassed by their less than stellar performances. But we'll take the high road and not refer to them as losers, quitters, wussies, candyasses or Exocets.

The cumulative pointspreads are in parentheses and indicate the total number of points you are off by in your predictions. Obviously, low score leads and that allows for tiebreakers in the event of an ultimate tie. Current standings are: